Sampath (actor)

{{short description|Indian film actor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Sampath

| image = Actor Sampath.jpeg

| caption = Sampath (left) in Badavara Bandhu (1976)

| birth_date = 1904

| birth_place = Mysore state, British India

| death_date = 17 January {{death year and age|1983|1904}}

| death_place =

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Actor

| other_names = Cheluvayyangar

| spouse =

| children =

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Mavinakere Srinivasayyangar Cheluvayyangar, better known by his stage name Sampath, was an Indian actor known for his work in Kannada cinema as a character actor.{{cite book |title= Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema - Sampath (Kannada actor) - 349 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&q=sampath+kannada+actor&pg=PT227 |url-status= live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20180320170454/https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT227&lpg=PT227&dq=sampath+kannada+actor&source=bl&ots=VCZrOyvt6g&sig=NXS3cu5rvF4A3nvr5SqMsBCBmLM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimnZSZj_rZAhWKQo8KHQelCs84ChDoAQgqMAE#v=onepage&q=sampath%20kannada%20actor&f=false |archivedate= 2018-03-20 |isbn = 9781135943189|last1 = Rajadhyaksha|first1 = Ashish|last2 = Willemen|first2 = Paul|date = 10 July 2014| publisher=Routledge }} After beginning his career with a Tamil film Rajalakshmi in the 1930s, Sampath took a break, before working in Kannada and English plays for a major part of 1940s. His Kannada film debut with Bharathi (1949).{{cite web |title="ಹಿರಿಯ ನಟ ಸಂಪತ್ ಮಗನ ಮನೆಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ-ಮಗನ ಜೊತೆ ಮಾತುಕತೆ"-Ep01-Kannada Actor Sampath LIFE-kalamadhyama-#param |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKV5_NRsWIo |website=Kalamadhyama Media Works | date=22 December 2021 |access-date=18 August 2023 |language=en}} Some of his notable films include Gandhada Gudi (1973), Sri Srinivasa Kalyana (1974), Bhakta Kumbara (1974), Eradu Kanasu (1974) and Badavara Bandhu (1983).